EDUCATION
| November 2020 | Ph.D. Curation and Display of Interactive New Media Art Dissertation Advisor: Beryl Graham University of Sunderland Sunderland, UK |
| January 2015 | M.A. Art History and Curating Liverpool Hope University Liverpool, UK |
| February 2012 | M.A. Museum Studies University of East Anglia Norwich, UK |
| February 2008 | B.A. Information Design Universidad de las Americas Puebla Puebla, Mexico |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| 2020-Present | UNARTE Art Lecturer |
| 2015-2019 | Universidad de las Americas Puebla Design & Art History Lecturer |
| 2014-2015 | TATE Liverpool Work Placement Public Programmes / Liverpool NightLight |
| 2010-2011 | Museum of East Anglian Life Work Placement Collections Management and Curation |
| 2011 | Exhibition Co-Curator Self, Spirit, Surroundings University of East Anglia / Norwich Castle Museum Norwich, UK |
| 2011 | Norwich Castle Museum Curator’s Assistant for the exhibition Hubert Duprat: Caddis Crystal Company Norwich UK |
| 2010 | Cultural Consultant for the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts Day of the Dead celebrations. |
PUBLICATIONS
| Munro, J., Theriault, S., Culbert, C. and G. Cepeda, R. (2020) ‘New Horizons: A Critical Examination of Animal Crossing for Cultural Heritage Institutions’, in. New York. |
| Cepeda, R. G. (2019). ‘Rescuing new media art from technological obsolescence’, DAT Journal, 4(3), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.29147/dat.v4i3.145 |
| Graham, Beryl and Sarah Cook (moderators) with guests Rene Cepeda, Jo Joelson, Amanda MacDonald Crowley, Suzy O’Hara, Dominic Smith, Georgia Smithson, Kevin Walker (2019) “CRUMB Radio Hour.” Unfinished List radio streams, a project by ShuLea Chang for Ars Electronica. 8th Sep. Vienna: Live stream, archived at: http://stwst48x5.stwst.at/en/unfinished_list. |
| Cepeda, R. A. G. (2015). Reconciling Art History and Video Games. The Journal The Journal of of Media Arts Media Arts and Practice. |
INVITED SPEAKER
| Munro, J., Theriault, S., Culbert, C. and G. Cepeda, R. (2020) ‘New Horizons: A Critical Examination of Animal Crossing for Cultural Heritage Institutions’, in. MCN 2020 Virtual, New York. |
EXTRA TRAINING
| 2019 | Curating New Media Art: Process, Interaction, Virtuality Node Center Instructor: Pau Waelder |
| 2017 | Curating Art After New Media – Professional Development Course University of Sunderland Instructor: Beryl Graham |
| 2012 | History and Heritage Museum Curation Museo Interactivo de Economia (Mexico City) Instructor: Alma Montero |
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
| Curation | Museum Studies |
| Contemporary Art History | Exhibition Design |
| New Media Art | Photography |
| Collections Management |
LANGUAGES
| English | Advanced | French | Reading: Intermediate, Spoken: Basic |
| Spanish | Native Speaker | Italian | Reading: Intermediate, Spoken Comprehension: Basic |
| German | Intermediate | Portuguese | Advanced with dictionary, Spoken Comprehension: Basic |
REFERENCES
Beryl Graham
Professor of New Media Art
Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
+44 0191 515 2896
David Puttnam Media Centre
Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
SR6 0DD, UK
Alexandra Moschovi
Reader in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
+44 0191 515 3465
alexandra.moschovi@sunderland.ac.uk
Northern Centre of Photography
Chester Rd, Sunderland
SR1 3SD, United Kingdom
Helen Starr
Afro-Carib Cultural Activist, Curator and Producer
Tony Buttler
Executive Director
Derby Museums Trust
The Strand,
Derby, Derbyshire
DE1 6BS, GB
Lisa Harris
Curator
Museum of East Anglian Life
enquires@eastanglianlife.org.uk
Iliffe Way, Stowmarket
IP14 1SL, United Kingdom
Rene G. Cepeda 